July 2016 - Volume 2, Issue I
It is very encouraging that some rich people realize the fact that accumulation of
wealth does not serve to get happiness, so they tilt to charity for finding their
inner satisfaction, happiness and sense of achievement. They feel better upto
some extent with such ‘tilts’ but ‘sustainable’ happiness lies in being friendly to
surroundings and humanity, and this needs to be considered a ‘better’ charity.
Hence, there is a simple logic that sustainability and happiness exist in being
friendly to the nature. The nature has already set some ‘DOs’ and ‘DON’Ts’. Any
deviation from the principles of nature will lead you to ‘unsustainability’ which is
irreversible and can never be corrected at the end. There is a need for ‘continuous thinking and working for sustainability’ just right from the start to get
‘ultimate’ happiness, satisfaction and peace of mind etc. The scientists and
professionals must strive hard to identify and discover the‘DOs’ and ‘DON’Ts’ for
different sectors of economy and legislatures must do their job religiously to be
friendly to humanity. Pakistan is a growing economy and the issue of sustainability needs to be taken seriously to avoid disastrous situation down the road. The
China Economic Corridor is expected to bring a lot of economic activities including development of industrial cities. It is high time to highlight the issues related
to sustainability right from the beginning and prove to be friendly to environment
and humanity. The Environmental Protection Agencies (EPAs) or other organizations with similar mandate should involve academia and industry to develop
sustainability framework for every sec-tor of industry. Local chapters of Professional bodies like IIE, ASME, IEEE etc must come forward to coordinate and
support the activities for sustainable processes, product and systems. This will
spur purpose-based and multi-disciplinary research in the country and help develop a base for ‘green’ and ‘blue’ economy.
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